yeah, I agree… it seems that way.I hate to quibble, but some are using the word “Protestant” in regard to the "Pre-Mill, Pre-trib Rapture Dispensationalist cult. And that’s not exactly fair.
Most mainline Protestant denominations do not subscribe to Dispensationalist heresy. It is a product of fundamentalist/evangelical thought. True, fundies have thier roots in Protestant denominations, but a quick look at the history of fundamentalism reveals they walked away even from Reformation philosophy. They are unfortunately the loudest voices and drown out level-headed Protestants who reject Dispensationalism.
I will make this one prediction.
Events in the future, if they continue in the direction they are going in the Mid-east, will so tarnish this philosophy, that it will finally be relegated to the trash heap of history. People like Hagee, Van Impe, and Lindsey, will be not be remembered as great seers into the future, but as great decievers. Didn’t Paul mention something about a great deception?
It will probably destroy evangelicalism/fundamentalism as we know it today, and perhaps wound Protestantism around the world.
I wish no ill will toward those denominations which reject this heresy, perhaps they can pick up the pieces admist the rubble and the Church can come closer to uniting.
38John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”39But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.40“For he who is not against us is for us.41“For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
42“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.43“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,44[where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]45“If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,46[where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]47“If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,48where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
49“For everyone will be salted with fire.50“Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”"She should have said, “With apologies to Cardinal Newman…”That is not a paraphrasing, that is a complete obliteration of what he said since it had absolutely nothing to do with the end times.
He said, “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.”
Indeed, if we were to travel back in time and explain the current situation to the average Joe even 60 years ago they would have laughed at you, the world really has gone to back to paganism - and extremely fast.In this age of Mary, Blessed Mary has been calling us to conversion, while warning of further chastisements in the near future. They failed to listen at Kibeho, Rwanda. We really should listen now.
God bless you.
It is true that the Fundies walked away from mainline Protestantism so much they don’t even recognize they are from the reformation.I hate to quibble, but some are using the word “Protestant” in regard to the "Pre-Mill, Pre-trib Rapture Dispensationalist cult. And that’s not exactly fair.
Most mainline Protestant denominations do not subscribe to Dispensationalist heresy. It is a product of fundamentalist/evangelical thought. True, fundies have thier roots in Protestant denominations, but a quick look at the history of fundamentalism reveals they walked away even from Reformation philosophy. They are unfortunately the loudest voices and drown out level-headed Protestants who reject Dispensationalism.
I will make this one prediction.
Events in the future, if they continue in the direction they are going in the Mid-east, will so tarnish this philosophy, that it will finally be relegated to the trash heap of history. People like Hagee, Van Impe, and Lindsey, will be not be remembered as great seers into the future, but as great decievers. Didn’t Paul mention something about a great deception?
It will probably destroy evangelicalism/fundamentalism as we know it today, and perhaps wound Protestantism around the world.
I wish no ill will toward those denominations which reject this heresy, perhaps they can pick up the pieces admist the rubble and the Church can come closer to uniting.
Already happens. Fundamentalism produces more athiests than any other religion.It is true that the Fundies walked away from mainline Protestantism so much they don’t even recognize they are from the reformation.
We also must remember that most of these Christians were born into heavy pockets of evangelical influence (like were I live). Not only were they raised with this line of thought, but everyone around them believes it too. So, they don’t even question it, since they are never presented with an alternative.
The said truth is that if a real persecution of Christians ever happens in the U.S, like in other parts of the world, I predict many of them will fall away from the faith rather then suffer once they realize that they are not going to get “Raptured”.